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Understanding Incremental Rotary Encoders

2025-03-29

Table of Contents

  • Types of Rotary Encoders
  • Absolute Encoders
  • Incremental Encoders
  • How Incremental Encoders Work
  • Signal Representation
  • Quadrature Outputs
  • Quadrature Encoding Table
  • Resolution of an Incremental Encoder
  • ESP32 Code for Incremental Encoder
  • Why Use an Interrupt Instead of digitalRead in the Loop?
  • Understanding volatile and IRAM_ATTR
  • Why Can't We Use Serial.print in handleEncoder?
  • Conclusion
  • References
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Table of Contents

  • Types of Rotary Encoders
  • Absolute Encoders
  • Incremental Encoders
  • How Incremental Encoders Work
  • Signal Representation
  • Quadrature Outputs
  • Quadrature Encoding Table
  • Resolution of an Incremental Encoder
  • ESP32 Code for Incremental Encoder
  • Why Use an Interrupt Instead of digitalRead in the Loop?
  • Understanding volatile and IRAM_ATTR
  • Why Can't We Use Serial.print in handleEncoder?
  • Conclusion
  • References

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